[SOLVED] Live CD

Toroso · 03-26-2015, 11:41 AM

I see that the LFS Live CD is no longer being supported. Does anyone know of a Live CD distro that provides the appropriate environment?

thanks

nelz · 03-26-2015, 12:22 PM

System Rescue Cd is an excellent choice for installing Gentoo, so I would expect it to have everything you need for LFS.

http://www.sysresccd.org/

spiky0011 · 03-26-2015, 12:26 PM

I think arch live cd is complete, just run the version check script against it to be sure.

ReaperX7 · 03-26-2015, 03:08 PM

SalixOS works for building LFS. Just make sure you complete chapter 5 in a single shot or else it will mess up the permissions of the tools directory.

Toroso · 03-26-2015, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReaperX7

SalixOS works for building LFS. Just make sure you complete chapter 5 in a single shot or else it will mess up the permissions of the tools directory.

No kidding? Why is that?

ReaperX7 · 03-26-2015, 05:10 PM

When you use a LiveCD and you reboot the system, it destroys the lfs user account and any permissions granted in the system. Even when recreated, the same permissions will not apply back to it.

Plus, on top of that, you might have to use the --no-check-certificate flag with wget to grab packages from https servers.

To be honest with you, the best solution is to use Slackware as a base, and then after installation and enough time working with LFS, use parted to wipe out Slackware and resize the LFS partition.

jefro · 03-26-2015, 07:19 PM

At one time the LFS sites recommended some distro's didn't they or am I wrong?

Some other distro's out there like this maybe. https://susestudio.com/a/STQFtZ/un-o...livecd-dvd-7-5

Toroso · 03-26-2015, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReaperX7

When you use a LiveCD and you reboot the system, it destroys the lfs user account and any permissions granted in the system. Even when recreated, the same permissions will not apply back to it.

Plus, on top of that, you might have to use the --no-check-certificate flag with wget to grab packages from https servers.

To be honest with you, the best solution is to use Slackware as a base, and then after installation and enough time working with LFS, use parted to wipe out Slackware and resize the LFS partition.

I'm mainly going through LFS because I want to learn more about Linux. I like that Mint gives me a stable environment that so far has met all my needs and seems to be stable. I just acquired a computer from work that I will use as my Linux learning machine. Would Slackware be a good distro to learn from?

ReaperX7 · 03-27-2015, 12:57 AM

It's the best to learn from.

hendrickxm · 03-27-2015, 03:19 AM

You can build LFS with the Calculate Linux Live DVD. I always use that one and it has never let me down, no need to add/adjust anything.
Pentoo works too, as does the latest Gentoo Live DVD, released August 2014.